But people started coming out as the morning wore on. Remember, this was a workday in Japan.

Depending on the store, you needed to be in line by a certain time to register for the raffle. For the Bic Camera shops, that meant being in line by 8:30AM. Winning the raffle meant you got the chance to buy the console (for more on this process, read here).

At raffle registration time, there were only 145 people for the 600 Super Famicom Minis at the Akiba Sofmap, while at the Sofmap Amusement shop, 270 people showed up for 900 Super Famicom Minis. At Bic Camera Akiba, there were 549 people and 800 units.

So this means that everyone who waited at these stores got a console. There seemed to be enough stock to go around at launch, so people could still pick one up in shops hours after the console went on sale.